Howdy folks, Chris Morey here from Dark Regions Press. This thread will be dedicated to talking about our books and announcing new ones. I'm making this thread so I don't flood the forum with new topics about our books, because we do announce new books on a regular basis. First off, if you're not familiar with our company here's a short intro:

Dark Regions Press has been publishing since 1985 and is an award winning press. We specialize in Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction. We have published such renowned writers as Bentley Little, Kevin J. Anderson, Michael Arnzen, Elizabeth Massie, Jeff Strand, Harry Shannon, Jeffrey Thomas and many others. Dark Regions Press has had many Bram Stoker Award nominations and four award winning short story and poetry collections. We are the proud recipients of the HWA 2010 Specialty Press Award.

Most of our books we sell in the following three editions: leather-bound Deluxe Lettered/Thirteen Hardcover signed by both author and artist with slipcase, Signed and Numbered Limited Hardcovers and Trade Paperbacks. We are also in the process of adding our entire catalog as e-books to the Kindle store.

Book announcements and information will be posted as replies to this topic.

Dark Regions Press is proud to announce an expanded edition of the critically acclaimed Voyeurs of Death By Shaun Jeffrey! Voyeurs of Death is available in our leather-bound Deluxe Lettered Hardcover edition with slipcase and is signed by both author and artist.

From monsters to ghosts, Shaun Jeffrey runs the gamut in this new and expanded collection. Herein are found a diverse mix of the sinister, erotic, strange and surreal. From the foreboding alleyways of Venice to a bleak Scottish island, the horror is never far away. A young boy fixes dead things. You can't always judge a man by the cut of his suit, especially when the suit isn't made of cloth. A relaxing cruise is anything but once the passengers start to die, only to then come back to life. And a trip to the past has dire consequences for the future. Now turn the page and join the voyeurs of death.

Table of Contents

The Flibbertigibbet
The Watchers
The Sin Box (only found in this edition!)
Paranoid
The Tunnel
The Quilters of Thurmond
Bugs (only found in this edition!)
Sin Eater
Voyeurs of Death
Life Cycle
Dark Inside
Clockwork
On the Brink of Extinction (only found in this edition!)
Venetian Kiss
Peacock Lawn
Envy
Snake Charmer
Park Life
Vessels (only found in this edition!)
Skinner (only found in this edition!)

"In these short tales, Shaun Jeffrey uses the subtle and the shocking to equally strong effect. His crisp prose turns each tale into a fast and thrilling ride through a tormented landscape of loss, lust and fear, and his work is infused with enough intellect and meaningful detail to make each trip memorable." - Lee Thomas - Bram Stoker Award-winner. Author of 'Parish Damned' and 'The Dust of Wonderland'.

Shaun goes straight for the jugular with every sentence and takes no prisoners ... Not one story in this collection disappointed me. - Kevin Etheridge, Dark Discoveries Magazine

Voyeurs of Death packs quite a wallop - Horror Web

The stories are most effective at their bleakest, allowing, in several instances of Jeffrey's work, the sinister portrait of humanity to paint itself in electrifying hues of blood red. - Bella Online

Voyeurs of Death blew me away. - Bookideas.com

The handful of tales offered here show a writer of notable promise and talent, one who has a refreshingly original imagination and the lean writing chops to make us hungry for the full buffet likely to follow. - Dark Scribe Magazine

"Voyeurs of Death" is guaranteed to have a little something for everyone. - Necro Carnival

My recommendation: grab this book, enjoy the tales and keep an eye open for Shaun Jeffrey. I certainly hope to read more from him. - Horror World

Voyeurs of Death shows Shaun Jeffrey as an accomplished spookmeister. - Future Fire

Born in 1965 and residing in Cheshire, England with his partner, Debra and their fantastic son, Callum, Shaun Jeffrey has been writing for many years. He grew up in a house in a cemetery, his playground was the graveyard - perfect grounding for writing horror, and his early reading experience came from headstones! Shaun Jeffrey has had over 40 short stories published, one collection entitled Voyeurs of Death (now with the expanded version available from Dark Regions Press), and three novels, Evilution, The Kult and Deadfall.

He tries to write most days, but as it's not his fulltime profession, he’s afraid real life intervenes in the form of his day job, which is working on the railway as a Signalling and Telecommunication Engineer. Among his previous jobs, He’s been a fitness instructor, made ammunition, and worked in a food factory, all of which gives him experience upon which to draw, or write, as the case may be.

Publisher contact

Dark Regions Press
P.O. Box 1264
Colusa, CA, 95932

Contact us directly with any questions or comments at:
support AT darkregionspress.com

AVAILABLE NOW: The Mad and the Macabre by Jeff Strand and Michael McBride!

The Mad and the Macabre including the novella Kutter from Jeff Strand and the novella Remains by Michael McBride in an affordable Trade Paperback edition!

Dark Regions Press is proud to announce The Mad and the Macabre, a book containing two critically acclaimed novellas by two rising stars in the genre. Included in our affordable trade paperback edition is the novella Kutter by Jeff Strand and the novella Remains by Michael McBride, first one hundred copies signed by both authors! Also, the book is already in stock and ready to be shipped!

Two novellas, previously only available as hardcover limited editions, now joined together into one affordable package!

KUTTER by Jeff Strand.

Charlie Stanlon is a serial killer. A ghastly, vicious sociopath who chains women to a table in his basement and tortures them to death. He has no friends. He has no family. He despises his co-workers. His only pleasure in life is to cause pain and terror.

Until the day he finds an adorable Boston Terrier and takes it home...

REMAINS by Michael McBride.

On May 21st, 2008, seven graduate students in Religious Studies set out from the University of Colorado in search of God. Armed with only their faith and the scriptures, they traveled to the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. None of them were ever heard from again.

On November 13th, 2010, their families set off to recreate their final days in hopes of discovering their fate...

"[McBride] displays pitch-perfect pacing and creates interesting, believable characters, resulting in a tale that's gripping and yet at times also philosophical." -- Robert Morrish, Cemetery Dance

"Jeff Strand beautifully crafts a heart-wrenching tale of a man and his dog...and his unquenchable thirst for murder." -- Desmond Reddick, Dread Media

Trade Paperback: 6 x 9, has a beautiful 12 point full color cover, 60lb. natural vellum stock, and the first 100 copies are signed by the author.

About the authors

Jeff Strand and Michael McBride have written over thirty books, though not together. Their novels include PRESSURE (Jeff), BLOODLETTING (Mike), DWELLER (Jeff), THE INFECTED (Mike), WOLF HUNT (Jeff), GODíS END (Mike), BENJAMINíS PARASITE (Jeff), and INNOCENTS LOST (Mike).

Mike likes to write about science and the end of the world, and does a lot of research. Jeff likes to write about psycho killers and flesh-eating monsters, and does significantly less research. Jeff thinks Mike should really be taking better advantage of Facebook as a promotional tool, but the fact that Mike doesnít waste time on Facebook might help explain why he writes his books at a steady, consistent pace while Jeff freaks out right before the deadline.

Publisher contact

Dark Regions Press
P.O. Box 1264
Colusa, CA, 95932

Contact us directly with any questions or comments at:
support AT darkregionspress.com

Our Lady of the Shadows by Tony Richards, third entry in our ongoing Ghost House series!

Dark Regions Press is proud to announce the third entry in our ongoing Ghost House series, OUR LADY OF SHADOWS by Tony Richards! The book includes eight beautiful interior illustrations by artist Erin Wells. The book is currently available in our leather-bound Deluxe Thirteen Hardcover edition with slipcase (signed by both author and artist and limited to 13 copies) and our 100 Signed and Numbered Limited Hardcover edition.

In any other city in the world, the discovery of Mary-Jane Palmer's body floating in the river would have been sad, and disquieting, that was all. A four-line filler on the inside pages of the daily newspapers. A minor tragedy passed over like a dead bird in the road. But this was Paris, the river was the Seine, and because of that the proceedings were tinted with a vague gothic suggestion of romance. A small crowd gathered - middle-aged businessmen in their sleek, well-filled suits; art students and booksellers; a few tourists; a few old women with faces wrinkled like contour maps. The gendarmerie arrived and kept their siren going long after it was necessary, as though to add to the occasion. They walked around the body and gazed at it through squinted eyes.
L'amour, they muttered.
L'amour.
Until they turned her over.
And saw her face...

What is a ghost? Merely a disembodied spirit? You'll find plenty of those here, but there are other kinds as well. An entity created by a child's imagination. A mysterious pale figure on a bleak, deserted moor. A madman who is not dead yet but...

Tony Richards has been hailed as "one of today's masters of dark fiction," and has been penning supernatural tales for more than thirty years. Come with him as he voyages the world in search of the dark arcane. The jungled slopes of Penang, and Malaysia. The night-bound alleyways of Tokyo and New York. Everywhere that holds a shadow also holds a deadly secret and this book reveals them all, in a collection that includes the critically acclaimed novella Postcards from Terri and four brand-new stories, never seen in print before.

Tony Richards is the author of five novels, six novellas and almost a hundred stories, and is the creator of two fictional towns -- Raine's Landing, Massachusetts, and Birchiam-on-Sea on the southern English coastline. His work has appeared in most major outlets of the supernatural and fantasy genres, and has been nominated for the Bram Stoker and British Fantasy awards. Widely traveled, he often sets his fiction in locations he has visited, and non-fiction of his has been featured recently in Cinema Futura and Horror: Another Best 100 Books. He is currently a full-time freelance writer, with more novels in the offing, and lives in London, England, with his wife.

Editions

Deluxe Thirteen Hardcover: Numbered 1-13, 6''x9'', bound in leather, front cover stamped and spine stamped with the title and the author's name, includes artsy end papers, signature page which is signed by both author and artist, colored book ribbon with nice full colored header, 60lb. natural vellum stock, a beautiful slipcase and dust jacket.

100 Signed and Limited Hardcovers: Numbered 1-100, 6''x9'', bound in leatherette, stamped on the spine with the title and author's name, includes 80lb. natural vellum end papers, signed by the author, colored book ribbon, multi-colored header, 60lb. natural vellum stock, and has a beautiful dust jacket.

Hard Boiled Vampire Killers by Jim Gavin, a brand new novel and Jim Gavin's debut with Dark Regions Press is in stock and ready to be shipped!

Dark Regions Press is proud to announce Hard Boiled Vampire Killers by Jim Gavin, a new novel. The novel is currently available in our leather-bound Deluxe Thirteen Hardcover edition with slipcase (signed by both author and artist and limited to 13 copies) and our 100 Signed and Numbered Limited Hardcover edition. The book is currently in stock and ready to be shipped!

Most people would call Ty Trotter a loser. He lives off his vampire girlfriend, can't hold a job, drinks and smokes the cheapest stuff on the shelves, and is Chairman for Life of his own Pity Committee, spending all his free time getting drunk, watching late-night TV and feeling sorry for himself.

Most people would call Ed Ma a nerd. He lives with his parents and attends school part time. He doesn't have a job, doesn't talk to girls, doesn't know how to network, and doesn't know what he wants to do when he finally grows up. He does what his momma tells him and always tries to be a good son. He spends all his free time either at the gym or on the internet.

But while most people are asleep, Ty and Ed roam the streets of Atlanta, pushing the darkness back an inch at a time by any means necessary. You see, they hunt vampires, the parasitic undead that threaten the good people of the city. Ty snipes them with a big-game rifle, Ed cuts 'em down a sword backed up by kung fu power.

Maybe they really are losers. They sure ain't registered voters, college professors, or members of the Chamber of Commerce. But they are...HARD BOILED VAMPIRE KILLERS

"Hard Boiled Vampire Killers" is a rip-roaring, gun-slinging, ass kicking, Kung Fu, vampire and ghost extravaganza that does not disappoint and is a welcome addition to the genre. If you are tired of romantic, wimpy, depressing sparkly vampires look no further than Jim Gavin's exceptional "Hard Boiled Vampire Killers" to get your fill of vampires that are actually vampires...it might just be the most fun I have had reading a book this year." --Peter Schwotzer, Famous Monsters of Filmland

"Hard Boiled Vampire Killers" is about alliances formed under duress, and freaks and geeks uniting for a lofty purpose. Jim Gavin's spin on the material possesses spunk and Stamina in its verbal vigor, and fun fantastical frays... --Sheila Merritt, Hellnotes

"Pulp is alive and well in the heart and fingertips of Jim Gavin, With HBVK, Gavin comes out swinging, delivering a superior first novel. Explosive, demanding, and very rewarding." --Andersen Prunty, author of Morning is Dead

"Jim Gavin's Hard Boiled Vampire Killers is a welcome change from everything I have come to expect from the modern vampire story. It was also a bloody good time!" --Brian Knight from the introduction of Hard Boiled Vampire Killers

"Of all the young writers I've read recently, Jim Gavin has my favorite narrative voice. It's fresh, witty, biting, and moves with a dizzying speed that engage me like few others. His work is gritty and visceral, hearkening back to the detective novels of the 40's and 50's. I highly recommend his work to anyone who loves the power and majesty of well-crafted language." --D.A. Adams, author of The Brotherhood of Dwarves series

Deluxe Thirteen Hardcover: Numbered 1-13, 6''x9'', bound in leather, front cover stamped and spine stamped with the title and the author's name, includes artsy end papers, signature page which is signed by both author and artist, colored book ribbon with nice full colored header, 60lb. natural vellum stock, a beautiful slipcase and dust jacket.

100 Signed and Limited Hardcovers: Numbered 1-100, 6''x9'', bound in leatherette, stamped on the spine with the title and author's name, includes 80lb. natural vellum end papers, signed by the author, colored book ribbon, multi-colored header, 60lb. natural vellum stock, and has a beautiful dust jacket.

About The Author

By day Jim Gavin works in the health care industry under a mild-mannered secret identity; but after hours, he drinks and smokes cigars and writes stories living the life and being the man he was meant to be. While raised above the Mason-Dixon Line, he prefers the Southern lifestyle and now resides in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he and his wife sit under cypress trees and drink Hurricanes. They have too many dogs.

READ THE BLOG, BUY THE T-SHIRT
LIVE THE LIFESTYLE AT JIMGAVIN.NET

Publisher contact

Dark Regions Press
P.O. Box 1264
Colusa, CA, 95932

Contact us directly with any questions or comments at:
support AT darkregionspress.com

Dark Regions Press is proud to announce The Gaki & Other Hungry Spirits by Stephen Mark Rainey. The book is currently available in our leather-bound Deluxe Thirteen Hardcover edition with slipcase (signed by both author and artist and limited to 13 copies) and our 100 Signed and Numbered Limited Hardcover edition.

Strange Shapes hiding in the shadows cast by the moonlight. Eerie noises drifting out of the forest and rising into the night. The sound of inhuman footsteps approaching from somewhere in the darkness. A pair of gleaming eyes peering in through your window at midnight.

This is the nightmarish, haunted world you will enter in this new collection of 17 tales - including six never before published - by Stephen Mark Rainey, long time editor of Deathrealm magazine and author of such acclaimed works as Balak, The Lebo Coven, Blue Devil Island, The Last Trumpet, and Other Gods. Enter willingly...and prepare yourself for a chilling journey through some of the most frightening literary landscapes you have ever experienced.

"Stephen Mark Rainey has one those slow voices that slides up from deep inside and lulls his readers into a false sense of security, just before coiling his words around them and stealing their breath."-- David Niall Wilson, Macabre, Ink; author of Deep Blue, The Mote in Andrea's Eye, and others

"The sheer variety of settings and Rainey's remarkable command of appropriate styles of and voices deserves amazed respect. The flat-out monster story, the ooze-slime-blob invasion, and others rise with new and eerie life from Dr. Rainey's lab table."-- Robert M. Price; editor of Crypt of Cthulhu magazine, Chaosium's "Cthulhu Cycle" line of anthologies, and more

"Stephen Mark Rainey's works are the most disturbing kind. He gives us the lurking darkness, the scrabbling monsters that haunt our midnight, waking hours. Rainey is a nightmare-weaver."-- Elizabeth Massie; award-winning author of Sineater, Shadow Dreams, The Fear Report, and many others

"Stephen Mark Rainey is a master at grounding horror and terror in a time and place. His stories are effective because he understands character, as well as the motivations of both his people and his monsters. And in a field often tinged with cynicism, Rainey shows us that monsters can also be fun. One of our best contemporary storytellers."-- Scott Nicholson, author of They Hunger

Editions

Deluxe Thirteen Hardcover: Numbered 1-13, 6''x9'', bound in leather, front cover stamped and spine stamped with the title and the author's name, includes artsy end papers, signature page which is signed by both author and artist, colored book ribbon with nice full colored header, 60lb. natural vellum stock, a beautiful slipcase and dust jacket.

100 Signed and Limited Hardcovers: Numbered 1-100, 6''x9'', bound in leatherette, stamped on the spine with the title and author's name, includes 80lb. natural vellum end papers, signed by the author, colored book ribbon, multi-colored header, 60lb. natural vellum stock, and has a beautiful dust jacket.

About The Author

Stephen Mark Rainey is author of six novels, four short story collections (including OTHER GODS, from Dark Regions); and over 90 published works of short fiction. For ten years, he edited DEATHREALM magazine and has edited several anthologies. Mark lives in Greensboro, NC, with his wife Peggy. Visit him on the Web at http://www.stephenmarkrainey.com.

Publisher contact

Dark Regions Press
P.O. Box 1264
Colusa, CA, 95932

Contact us directly with any questions or comments at:
support AT darkregionspress.com